the doctors out, but i know something!

I'm back! So, first off CGF was a blast! I had so much fun and i'm sorry for everyone that didn't go at least once. so I'm going to go in chronological order. First thing I learned was really just a reminder. In Maine when you FINALLY think you know what's going to happen with the weather it will turn around and quickly tell you who's boss. Everyone I saw there was ready for 50-60 degrees and breezy, It's Maine in September! there can be a frost any day! but no. instead we got three day of glorious 75-80 degree weather! days clouds came and went over the weekend, some vary large that seemed to last most of the second day, other unnoticeable on the scorching sunny Sunday. I personally brought no shorts, and only one t-shirt. so it was a rather warm sweaty weekend for me. Second thing is that the most  of the people volunteering not only want to be there, but love being there and what they do there. The mums, dads, grandma, and grandpas in the k...

     Alright, so in "Neo-hippie" I talked about my solar panel a little, but my tablet and phone don't just plug into the solar panel magically. One of the great things about the  Goal0 Nomad 7  is the little power box, it has three outputs, one for a Goal0 power pack, a standard USB, and a small outlet that's 12V to use the provided car adapter. For my phone i can just use one of the many USB cords around the house.  My Xoom on the other hand required a special car charger cause it charges at 12V and is to powerful for a little 5V USB. If you go to bestbuy, staples, or motorola.com they wanna charge you almost $30 bucks.        I make almost minimum wage, no way do i wanna shell out that much, so i go to google shopper and lo and behold, Motorola Xoom car charger , for $15 on amazon, not only that but i got a "used" one for seven bucks, so a quarter of moto's price and it still had the original box.      Anyways, A...

     In today's world technology is everywhere, my phone is more powerful then my dads whole computer lab. At the moment I'm sitting in a cafè typing away on my motorola xoom      Growing up I had two major factions in my life. My dad, the geek, and my mum the hippe. Between learning how to solder and how computers work I would be running bare foot with my friends in the woods. Now, this has me in a kinda conflict, do I use my gadgets all day to try and conquer the chaotic, busy world of the 21st century? or do I try to find achieve inner peace in the shade of a pine tree? If the world was black and white I could choose one of those. It's not. I have to balance both, I must achieve inner peace in a chaotic world.      Which brings me to neo-hippie's . The new hippies.      Now, I thought came to this conclusion for two reasons, one, neo- , means new, or revived a kind of second coming of the 1960 hippies. two...